# Chandanpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Chandanpur

Chandanpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,640 people in 612 households**, the 28th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,640people (2011)
- 612households
- 56.4%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chandanpur

Of every 100 households in Chandanpur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chandanpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chandanpur?

■ Chandanpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**955

Working population ****31.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 51.5% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 271 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (23%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (7%) · **■** Marginal 307 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Itahar

- Mahamadpur2,826 people
- Para2,704 people
- Dakshinal2,696 people
- Parergram2,685 people
- Kamalai2,632 people
- Phkhuria2,466 people
- Chandigram2,460 people
- Kotar2,450 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chandanpur?2,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandanpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chandanpur?56.4% (Census 2011)